Maidstone Crown Court heard on September 12 how Tapp had filmed up the
skirts of schoolgirls at a school where he worked as a design
technician and police had found video footage of children in Gravesend
town centre.

Tapp handed himself into police after his wife Jenny confronted him
about his use of the internet.

Prosecutor Lucy Luttman said Tapp was seen viewing porn sites and also
having online conversations with a 12-year-old girl called "Jessica".

She said Tapp had accessed the internet and found he could create a
persona and be someone else.

This became like an addiction for him.

Tapp, who was formerly a bishop in the Mormon church, had images and
movies of children ranging from six months to 12 years old.

Alistair Keith, mitigating, said: "He accepts he must be punished."

Judge Philip Statman told Tapp: "You had no understanding of what your
victims had suffered."

In a statement released by police, Mrs Tapp said: "It came as a great
shock to me that my husband was involved in this activity, as I was
totally unaware of his actions.

"Once I began to have suspicions, I spoke to him and persuaded him to
hand himself in to police and make a full confession of his crimes.

"I do not condone his despicable actions."

After Tapp handed himself into police on March 28, officers tried to
trace "Jessica".

Tapp's mobile phone was used to trace the girl, who turned out to be a
33-year-old man called Jonathon Wales.

Wales, from Croydon, was found to have more than 1,000 indecent images
of children on his laptop and a USB drive.